What does 🎶 Musical Notes mean?
A pair of musical notes. It is used for singing, music, songs and a joyful mood, and often wraps lyrics in a message, as in “🎶 happy birthday to you 🎶”. People send it when humming along, sharing a playlist or simply feeling cheerful. It feels livelier than the single 🎵 and suggests a melody in full flow.
🎶 Musical Notes is an emoji from the Objects category (music), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about music, note, sound and song.
Example messages
🎶 Musical Notes on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Musical Notes looks on each platform.
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Musical Notes emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Musical Notes emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎶 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :notes:.
When was the Musical Notes emoji added?
🎶 Musical Notes was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎶 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Musical Notes. The underlying code (U+1F3B6) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.